![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/20231203_092154-1038x576.jpg "Akaroa Harbour from Trig GG")
I have spent the last four days on the Banks Peninsula (after an “organization day” in Christchurch). The main focus was on the Banks Track, but I also visited the main town Akaroa (again).
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/20231205_111619-150x150.jpg "Akaroa")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/20231202_135745-150x150.jpg "Elephant Point")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/20231202_140250-150x150.jpg "Nikau Palm Gully")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/20231202_143652-150x150.jpg "Cliffs of Banks Peninsula")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/akaroa-seal-150x150.jpg "New Zealand Fur Seals")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/20231205_115606-150x150.jpg "Akaroa")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/20231203_072808-150x150.jpg "View of Akaroa Harbour from Onuku Farm")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/20231203_085946-150x150.jpg "Entrance to Akaroa Harbour from Trig GG")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/20231203_092154-150x150.jpg "Akaroa Harbour from Trig GG")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/20231203_100717-150x150.jpg "View of Flea Bay")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/20231203_101349-150x150.jpg "Gully above Flea Bay")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/20231203_111325-150x150.jpg "Flea Bay Waterfall")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/20231203_125343-150x150.jpg "Flea Bay")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/20231203_130337-150x150.jpg "Flea Bay")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/flea-bay-penguin-150x150.jpg "Little blue penguin")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/20231204_091601-150x150.jpg "Flea Bay")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/20231204_093627-150x150.jpg "Banks Peninsula Coast")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/20231204_094736-150x150.jpg "Banks Peninsula Coast")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/20231204_095956-150x150.jpg "Red Cliff")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/20231204_110324-150x150.jpg "Stony Bay")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/20231205_080259-150x150.jpg "Cabbage trees above Stony Bay")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/20231205_093305-150x150.jpg "Stony Bay and Flea Bay")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/20231205_095122-150x150.jpg "Akaroa Harbour from Stony Bay Peak")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/20231205_101204-150x150.jpg "Purple Peak")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/20231205_145241-150x150.jpg "Langlois-Éteveneaux House in Akaroa Museum")
This blog entry is an abridged version of the original entry in German.